CarShield AAA 18U forward Bachtle signs NAHL Tender

The NAPHL’s T1ER League is pleased to announce that the CarShield AAA 18U forward Erick Bachtle has signed a NAHL tender agreement for the 2025-26 season with the Oklahoma Warriors of the NAHL’s South Division.

Bachtle, a 19-year-old forward from Shawnee, Kansas, has contributed 2 goals and 3 assists in 17 games this season. Both of his goals this season have been shorthanded, demonstrating his ability to perform under pressure.

In a December game against Fox Motors HC 18U, Bachtle helped lead his team to a 3-1 victory. After trailing 1-0 in the first period, Bachtle tied the game with a shorthanded goal in the second, with CarShield later adding two more goals to secure the victory.

Bachtle is one of twelve players from the CarShield 18U roster to sign an NAHL tender this year, and one of five players to tender to a South Division team.

Click here to see a list of T1ER tenders for the 2024-25 season

A tender is a contract, of sorts, a player signs announcing his intentions to play for that particular NAHL team and that NAHL team only. Once a player signs a tender with an NAHL team, his playing rights belong to that team within the NAHL and he may not be recruited by any other NAHL team. Each team is granted ten (10) tenders, which include two (2) tenders exclusively used on players from the T1ER - plus or minus any trades - which became active on November 1st. Tendered players are not eligible for the 2025 NAHL Draft.